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An inspirational TED video of a boy who makes his own aps.

TED videos would be a great video source to share with the 2nd grade teachers who teach insects. It has current videos, with fascinating facts and real pictures. The days of the Magic School Bus on VHS need to be transformed to show teachers new sources of videos to show to students, so students can be aware of the current issues with the insect world and learn new facts about insects that they may have never known!

Use engaging videos on TED-Ed to create customized lessons. You can use, tweak, or completely redo any lesson featured on TED-Ed, or create lessons from scratch based on any video from YouTube.

This is a TED Talk that could be used with educators at a professional development session or as media in an online professional development course. How can we create an education system that works for kids, instead of against them? Watch eight inspiring talks (and one beautiful performance) from TED's May 2013 PBS special, given in their entirety.

TED Talks are awesome resources that can be used in the classroom and beyond. I found this playlist on the autism spectrum and think it would be great for a professional development session in conjunction with a course from someone at pupil services. I see this as very helpful for teachers who want to know more about autism and connect with their students who fall on the spectrum.

Our Juniors and Seniors in high school have been engaging in a conversation about a 'gap' year. This resource is just in time for them to help those learners in the process of finding their 'why'.